Noted by Sarah Hoyt with the blurb:Neat news item! Thanks for posting it.
IT'S HEINLEIN'S WORLD. WE JUST LIVE IN IT.
https://www.newser.com/story/359125/japan-has-a-trucker-shortage-its-solution-is-novel.html
Japan Has a Trucker Shortage. Its Solution Is Novel
Nation plans to build a giant 'conveyor belt road' connecting
Tokyo and Osaka
By John Johnson, Newser Staff
If it works, expect other major cities around the world to
copy the idea to some degree: Japan is building what amounts
to a giant "conveyor belt road" from Tokyo to Osaka to ship
cargo, reports the Guardian. Details:
320 miles: The transport corridor would run 320 miles from
the capital to Osaka aboveground, in the middle of a highway,
per the AP. Meaning, cars would be traveling on either side
of it. The corridor would ship containers the size of a
standard closet, filled with goods. See this Japanese-language
video.
When: The first test runs are scheduled to start in 2027.
If all goes well, the experiment would be expanded to other
cities.
Why: In a word, demographics. Japan has an "intense" shortage
of truckers, per Business Insider, and that is only expected
to worsen as the nation's working-age population gets older.
This comes as online orders for everything under the sun
continue to soar. "We need to be innovative with the way
we approach roads," says Yuri Endo of the Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism. The project should
also cut carbon emissions, he adds.
Noted by Sarah Hoyt with the blurb:
IT'S HEINLEIN'S WORLD. WE JUST LIVE IN IT.
https://www.newser.com/story/359125/japan-has-a-trucker-shortage-its-solution-is-novel.html
Japan Has a Trucker Shortage. Its Solution Is Novel
Nation plans to build a giant 'conveyor belt road' connecting
Tokyo and Osaka
By John Johnson, Newser Staff
On 11/10/2024 9:58 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
Noted by Sarah Hoyt with the blurb:
IT'S HEINLEIN'S WORLD. WE JUST LIVE IN IT.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> writes:
On 11/10/2024 9:58 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
Noted by Sarah Hoyt with the blurb:
IT'S HEINLEIN'S WORLD. WE JUST LIVE IN IT.
Here's the actual video, without the right-wing clickbait.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0v0zAxu5Wo
On 11/11/2024 1:32 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> writes:
On 11/10/2024 9:58 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
Noted by Sarah Hoyt with the blurb:
IT'S HEINLEIN'S WORLD. WE JUST LIVE IN IT.
Here's the actual video, without the right-wing clickbait.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0v0zAxu5Wo
Looking at the video, I'm not seeing a conveyor belt,
but small driverless vehicles driving on a prepared
pathway. It's not clear how they're powered, or where
the 'smarts' is located.
Still, a cool idea.
On 11/10/2024 9:58 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
Noted by Sarah Hoyt with the blurb:It isn't just a shortage of truck drivers, Japan is undergoing a slow
˙˙ IT'S HEINLEIN'S WORLD. WE JUST LIVE IN IT.
https://www.newser.com/story/359125/japan-has-a-trucker-shortage-its-
solution-is-novel.html
˙˙˙˙Japan Has a Trucker Shortage. Its Solution Is Novel
˙˙˙˙Nation plans to build a giant 'conveyor belt road' connecting
˙˙˙˙Tokyo and Osaka
˙˙˙˙By John Johnson,˙ Newser Staff
motion population implosion.˙ The age demographic that would be having children is basically refusing to.
On 11/11/24 09:43, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 11/10/2024 9:58 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
Noted by Sarah Hoyt with the blurb:It isn't just a shortage of truck drivers, Japan is undergoing a slow
˙˙ IT'S HEINLEIN'S WORLD. WE JUST LIVE IN IT.
https://www.newser.com/story/359125/japan-has-a-trucker-shortage-its-
solution-is-novel.html
˙˙˙˙Japan Has a Trucker Shortage. Its Solution Is Novel
˙˙˙˙Nation plans to build a giant 'conveyor belt road' connecting
˙˙˙˙Tokyo and Osaka
˙˙˙˙By John Johnson,˙ Newser Staff
motion population implosion.˙ The age demographic that would be having
children is basically refusing to.
˙˙˙˙That is because the world they live in is very demanding of youth
and workers. Which is why so many manga are set in "Other Worlds"
The Japanese governments have not yet come up with a plan that makes
having babies a easy thing especially for the career types. Despite
legal equality a lot of the former regimes are still in power and
intensely pro-male and wealth in there law making.
On 11/11/2024 5:22 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:https://www.newser.com/story/359125/japan-has-a-trucker-shortage-its-=20
On 11/11/24 09:43, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 11/10/2024 9:58 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
Noted by Sarah Hoyt with the blurb:
=A0=A0 IT'S HEINLEIN'S WORLD. WE JUST LIVE IN IT.
=
=20solution-is-novel.htmlIt isn't just a shortage of truck drivers, Japan is undergoing a slow=
=A0=A0=A0=A0Japan Has a Trucker Shortage. Its Solution Is Novel
=A0=A0=A0=A0Nation plans to build a giant 'conveyor belt road' = connecting
=A0=A0=A0=A0Tokyo and Osaka
=A0=A0=A0=A0By John Johnson,=A0 Newser Staff
of youth=20motion population implosion.=A0 The age demographic that would be = having=20=20
children is basically refusing to.
=A0=A0=A0=A0That is because the world they live in is very demanding =
and workers. Which is why so many manga are set in "Other Worlds"
The Japanese governments have not yet come up with a plan that makes
having babies a easy thing especially for the career types. Despite
legal equality a lot of the former regimes are still in power and
intensely pro-male and wealth in there law making.
The coming demographic collapse is one of the things I worry about.
Wanting a smaller population is one thing, but we're headed there
in a way that's going to be very disrupting.
Up until the mid-20th century, children coming along was
pretty automatically if a woman lived with a man. They cohabited
out of love, and/or economic necessity. It was pretty
difficult for a woman to avoid doing so.
Now, being childless is a much more attainable option, and
many women are making that choice.
Our current society makes parenthood immensely costly to
parents, and especially mothers, in both income and
lifestyle restrictions.
In the US at the moment, it's also made it very
difficult for young people to find housing, jobs,
and income sufficient to make starting a family
a reasonable choice.
Should something be done? I think so, others may differ.
Clearly, coercing people to have kids is utterly
unacceptable.
But, if 'mother' was made a viable, respected, and
attractive career choice, maybe things could be
reversed - it would require massive subsidies,
essentially paying people for life if they have
sufficient offspring.
Is there any SF dealing with this?--=20
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:51:13 -0500, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/11/2024 5:22 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
On 11/11/24 09:43, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 11/10/2024 9:58 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
Noted by Sarah Hoyt with the blurb:It isn't just a shortage of truck drivers, Japan is undergoing a slow
˙˙ IT'S HEINLEIN'S WORLD. WE JUST LIVE IN IT.
https://www.newser.com/story/359125/japan-has-a-trucker-shortage-its- >>>>> solution-is-novel.html
˙˙˙˙Japan Has a Trucker Shortage. Its Solution Is Novel
˙˙˙˙Nation plans to build a giant 'conveyor belt road' connecting
˙˙˙˙Tokyo and Osaka
˙˙˙˙By John Johnson,˙ Newser Staff
motion population implosion.˙ The age demographic that would be having >>>> children is basically refusing to.
˙˙˙˙That is because the world they live in is very demanding of youth
and workers. Which is why so many manga are set in "Other Worlds"
The Japanese governments have not yet come up with a plan that makes
having babies a easy thing especially for the career types. Despite
legal equality a lot of the former regimes are still in power and
intensely pro-male and wealth in there law making.
The coming demographic collapse is one of the things I worry about.
Wanting a smaller population is one thing, but we're headed there
in a way that's going to be very disrupting.
Up until the mid-20th century, children coming along was
pretty automatically if a woman lived with a man. They cohabited
out of love, and/or economic necessity. It was pretty
difficult for a woman to avoid doing so.
Now, being childless is a much more attainable option, and
many women are making that choice.
Our current society makes parenthood immensely costly to
parents, and especially mothers, in both income and
lifestyle restrictions.
In the US at the moment, it's also made it very
difficult for young people to find housing, jobs,
and income sufficient to make starting a family
a reasonable choice.
Should something be done? I think so, others may differ.
What can and should be done is to take advantage of immigration and repopulate the country.
We have /long since/ passed the point where our economy can be run
without migrant labor. And I'm not talking about techies. I'm talking
about /laborers/.
You know, the ones Trump is going to deport to ... somewhere. He
hasn't quite reached the point of finding out where he can send them.
The Texas/Florida solution was entirely in-USA; it won't work outside
the USA.
Clearly, coercing people to have kids is utterly
unacceptable.
But, if 'mother' was made a viable, respected, and
attractive career choice, maybe things could be
reversed - it would require massive subsidies,
essentially paying people for life if they have
sufficient offspring.
Sounds anti-MAGA to me.
Not the "encouraging motherhood" part. The "paying gummint money"
part.
Is there any SF dealing with this?
Now, being childless is a much more attainable option, and
many women are making that choice.
Our current society makes parenthood immensely costly to
parents, and especially mothers, in both income and
lifestyle restrictions.
On 11/12/24 09:10, Paul S Person wrote:https://www.newser.com/story/359125/japan-has-a-trucker-shortage-its-
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:51:13 -0500, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
=20
On 11/11/2024 5:22 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
On 11/11/24 09:43, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 11/10/2024 9:58 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
Noted by Sarah Hoyt with the blurb:
=A0=A0 IT'S HEINLEIN'S WORLD. WE JUST LIVE IN IT.
=
slowsolution-is-novel.htmlIt isn't just a shortage of truck drivers, Japan is undergoing a =
=A0=A0=A0=A0Japan Has a Trucker Shortage. Its Solution Is Novel
=A0=A0=A0=A0Nation plans to build a giant 'conveyor belt road' = connecting
=A0=A0=A0=A0Tokyo and Osaka
=A0=A0=A0=A0By John Johnson,=A0 Newser Staff
demanding of youthmotion population implosion.=A0 The age demographic that would be = having
children is basically refusing to.
=A0=A0=A0=A0That is because the world they live in is very =
=09=20and workers. Which is why so many manga are set in "Other Worlds"
The Japanese governments have not yet come up with a plan that makes
having babies a easy thing especially for the career types. Despite
legal equality a lot of the former regimes are still in power and
intensely pro-male and wealth in there law making.
The coming demographic collapse is one of the things I worry about.
Wanting a smaller population is one thing, but we're headed there
in a way that's going to be very disrupting.
Up until the mid-20th century, children coming along was
pretty automatically if a woman lived with a man. They cohabited
out of love, and/or economic necessity. It was pretty
difficult for a woman to avoid doing so.
Now, being childless is a much more attainable option, and
many women are making that choice.
Our current society makes parenthood immensely costly to
parents, and especially mothers, in both income and
lifestyle restrictions.
In the US at the moment, it's also made it very
difficult for young people to find housing, jobs,
and income sufficient to make starting a family
a reasonable choice.
Should something be done? I think so, others may differ.
What can and should be done is to take advantage of immigration and
repopulate the country.
=20
We have /long since/ passed the point where our economy can be run
without migrant labor. And I'm not talking about techies. I'm talking
about /laborers/.
=20
You know, the ones Trump is going to deport to ... somewhere. He
hasn't quite reached the point of finding out where he can send them.
The Texas/Florida solution was entirely in-USA; it won't work outside
the USA.
Back to the authoritarian regimes from which they fled.
And I agree we need those workers and need them to get by on vey
low wages so they need all sorts of support from the government
with housing, healthcare and education.
Up until the mid-20th century, children coming along was
pretty automatically if a woman lived with a man. They cohabited
out of love, and/or economic necessity. It was pretty
difficult for a woman to avoid doing so.
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